People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.

Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

Brushes..? Nah. Hit 'em as hard as you can.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

I'm the Best Keith Moon-type drummer in the world.

My names John Bonham, I'm a drummer and I'm potty about cars.

Most of it was nuts, but I was determined to be a drummer as soon as I left school.

Nowadays you can't be loud enough!

New hair, new clothes-the classic relationship break-up makeover, " Jake

An editor sleeping with his writer was not as bad as a psychoanalyst sleeping with his patient, or even a professor sleeping with an undergraduate, let alone a president with an intern.

The greatest thing a man can do for himself is to marry someone who is infinitely better than he is. And that's exactly what I did.

To your generation, I must represent the literary equivalent of tufted furniture and gas chandeliers.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top.

Sometimes a piece of sun burned like a coin in my hand.

The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.